Lawsuit claims ban on ‘useless grass’ has killed 100K trees in Southern Nevada

Attached to the lawsuit is a declaration from Norm Schilling, the owner of Mojave Bloom Nursery in downtown Las Vegas and a Southern Nevada horticulturist of 35 years. Schilling broke down the estimates of the 100,000 trees and $300 million worth of tree damage, adding that many trees cannot go on living once grass is disturbed.

“Beyond monetary loss, the green mature canopy (and its heat mitigation benefits) cannot be replaced quickly,” Schilling wrote. “It will take decades for the Las Vegas Valley to recover, if it can at all.”

The complaint says Schilling estimated that less than 10 percent of trees in the Las Vegas Valley survive the removal of their grass cover, but Castor later said that misrepresented the declaration. Schilling said “many trees do not survive the conversion,” according to Castor. Read the Full Article.